//------------------------------// // Awakening // Story: Darkness // by thatotherguy44 //------------------------------// The Shadow The three little fillies known as THE CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS were walking in a dark damp cave. “CUTIE MARK CRUSADER EXPLORERS…. YAY.” The three little unsuspecting fillies ventured deeper into the cave “where in tha hay ar we goin and it’s a little creepy in here?” Applebloom stated completely bored. “I don’t know and this place is disgusting.” The white unicorn Sweetiebell said stepping over some fallen rocks. “Come on girls Rainbow dash wouldn’t be scared of this place and neither should we.” Piped in the enthusiastic orange pegasus Scootalu. All three of them stopped and stared at the metallic door infront of them. “Come on lets open it I bet there’s treasure in there.” With the combined effort of the three little fillies they pushed open the door and walked up to a computer console with a blinking green light. “What in the hay is this thingy?” Applebloom looked at the console then at the screen. “I don’t know maybe Twilight might know.” The two continued to stare at the screen as Sweetiebell looked up and screamed. The two others looked at what their friend was looking at and gasped in horror at what they saw. Staring at them hanging from the ceiling was a body of an Alicorn with bits of flesh missing. “Is it asleep?” Scootalu gulped and looked at it further wishing she didn’t because at closer inspection the body was suspended by spears through its body. “I don’t think that pony will be waking up” said a very nervous Scootalu. A mysterious wind came out of nowhere and freaked them out. “What in the hay is that racket?” They suddenly heard the sound of rusty old metal tear flesh. They all three looked up in horror to see the body struggling to free itself. It quickly stopped struggling and turned its head towards them. It started talking in the dragon’s native tongue. “What’s it saying?” Sweetie and Applebloom just shrugged then it spoke again. “હું એક છે કે જે તમે દાંડીઓને તમે જ્યારે હું ઊંઘ બધા એકલા છોડી છે ખાય છે અને તમે મારી આગળ ભોજન આવશે છું” Ancient creature Pov AI now active… Now analyzing speech… Searching files… Match found…Equestrian… Narrator POV ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ “You three should not be here.” When it spoke it surprised the three little fillies. Not because it could speak like them but it sounded so smooth and feminine it completely betrayed the creature’s looks and earlier voice. But it still looked like the same threataning creature It quickly noticed their fear leave there expression. “Hahahahaha you must think I won’t hurt you but once I get down you will be my first meal from awakening.” The three fillies gulped and started backing towards the exit. The creature saw this and worked with the first blade. After 1 second it got its front hoof free and just smashed the other blades off. The three fillies where already running as fast as their legs could carry them. The creature landed with a thud and its horn glowed teleporting it outside of the cave and waited on the top of the inside of the cavern. The three fillies ran under it unaware that it was hiding but quickly became aware of its presence as it jumped down and grabbed Scootalu. The creature dragged Scootalu into the darkness of the cavern and into a secret room and got to business ripping apart her flesh and devouring it. The remaining two didn’t notice Scootalu was missing until they were on the outskirts of Ponyville. “Uh w-w-w-where’s Scoots?” Sweetiebell gulped and just continued towards town with Applebloom in-toe. They continued to Twilight’s house which was the public library. When they entered the library they were crying because they were thinking of what happened to their friend. Twilight was there in the middle of the library surrounded by her friends and all of them where looking at the dirty duo that were crying. “Applebloom wat’s tah matter?” Applebloom shared a glance with Sweetiebell then replied “Scootalu Sweetiebell and meh were explorin tis cave we found and we found a monster and it dragged Scootalu away.” Applebloom busted out into tears after she said that and was sobbing on the floor with Sweetiebell. Rainbow dash felt weird like something was watching her from the window but when she looked through she saw nothing. Then a sudden knocking was heard at the door along with a feminine voice “children open up I have candy for you and I am so terribly cold and hungry please let me in.” The two fillies recognized the voice and screamed “that’s the creature that took Scootalu!” Applejack and Rainbow dash both got up quickly and went to the door while twilight and rarity closed and locked all of the windows. “You think barricading the door and locking the windows will stop me psh I move with the shadows hence my name Shadow.” Twilight thought about what it said then went quickly to get her crown of Harmony while rainbow and applejack and rarity, using her magic, tried to stop whatever was banging on the door. The door busted open with a powerful magic blast knocking it down onto Applejack and Rainbow dash knocking them out cold. Fluttershy was just a small ball in a corner while Pinkie tried to get the two little fillies away from Shadow. Twilight rushed back into the main room and powered her magic into her crown which shot forward a powerful magic blast. When it connected with Shadow it didn’t even move it a bit. Shadow just stared at them then a smile stretched across Shadow’s face while it laughed “that tickled.” Shadow started to inch closer to Twilight when a blast of rainbow magic knocked Shadow across the room and into a bookshelf. “I bet that hurt” said a new voice that sounded muscular and then from the door and a tall unicorn stepped through. With further examination the unicorn was almost as tall as Celeastia and had a dark blue coat with a black mane and tail. “You, I thought you where died.” The tall unicorn just laughed with a smirk on his face. While he charged another attack. “You can’t get rid of me that easily.” Shadow surprisingly made a large flash of bright light and escaped. The tall unicorn turned to the group that was now awake and shocked by his presence. He chuckled and turned to leave but teleported away to find Shadow.